With a game as huge as Among Us right now, it can be easy to forget that it's just a handful of people at developer Innersloth keeping the game running. With millions of players jumping into the game daily, a constantly growing audience, and the upcoming release of the game on Xbox, there's a lot of work for the developers.
In a recent interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla (and transcribed thanks to Kotaku), he spoke to one of the artists at Innersloth, Amy Liu, who discussed how burned out the team felt from the increased player count. Liu even went as far as to say "this is my life [now]", following the huge blow out success of the game and working to bring it to other platforms - including Xbox.
"Among Us going viral, it was just like, ‘OK, this is my life'. The pressure to get things done quickly was really high. September to December, we’re talking to Xbox and PlayStation. They were gonna try to get Among Us on these platforms, which usually takes many months - like, half a year to a year. We were like, ‘Three months! We’re gonna try that.'"
The success of Among Us kicked off last year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The game actually released back in 2018, but it wasn't until certain YouTubers and streamers dived into the title last year that its popularity increased. As of now it's available on Xbox Game Pass for PC and is due to hit consoles via Game Pass in the future.
Not only that, but the team is also working on bringing new maps, costumes, and mechanics to the game on a regular basis, keeping the quickly-built fanbase happy. No doubt when it hits consoles, a new wave of players will join the fray, keeping that momentum rolling, and hopefully easing at least some of the pressure for the team as well.
Are you excited for Among Us to hit Xbox later this year? Let us know in the comments below.
[source youtube.com]
Comments 5
Will it arrive too late though? Aren't people already getting a little bored of it or are the "influencers" being paid enough to keep it alive?
@Enigk The thing is that due to the manipulation aspect of this game, it has enough depth that you can keep playing it over and over without it ever growing stale. As long as you play it with friends that is. But even playing alone can be fun as long as you're matched with a good group.
It's a flash game. Not like there's a ton of mechanics to account for. If you can't port a game of this low level of quality and controls in 3 months, you should probably just pay a porting company to do it.
@LtSarge Fair enough. I thought if the kids I know had moved on already then others would have too. Not really my thing so don't follow it that much.
@Enigk Yeah I can imagine why your kids didn't like it since it's not really that interesting for children due to how much the game wants you to participate in discussions about who the killers are. The kids I've seen playing the game just want to become the imposters and kill others, and if they don't get chosen to be the imposters then they will literally leave at the beginning of the match, lol. It happens a lot quite frankly.
Tap here to load 5 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...